Education: Dewey at 80

One Indian summery evening last week 1,000 people gathered in Manhattan
to praise "America's greatest philosopher." It was John Dewey's 80th
birthday, and many distinguished men and womenamong them Chinese
Ambassador Hu Shih, Charles Beard, Mrs. Eugene Meyer, Fiorello
LaGuardiahad come to his party. Nine organizations, including the
Progressive Education Association and American Philosophical
Association, had arranged to honor him. Honor him they did, with
oratory and applause. But Dr. Dewey heard them not. He was not in
Manhattan, not in Chicago, not in any of a dozen other places where
Dewey...